Water-tank for poultry-shipping coops.



Eo. 885,581. PATEHTED APR. 21, 1908.

J0 we WATER T'ANK FOR POULTRY SHIPPING OUPS.

PPLXOATIOI FILED EEPTJG. 1906.

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JOHN W. SALMONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-TANK FOB POULTRY-SHIPPING COOPB.

No. ascesi.

Specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented April 2l., 1908..

Application filed September 24, 1909 Serial No. 885,876.

`To all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoiiN W. SALMoNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water- Tanks for Poultry-Ship ing (loops, of which the following is a s ecifiieation.

My invention re Vates to a new and useful improvement in water tanks for poultry shipping coops, and has for its object to improve the construction of the water tank.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims. y

In,` order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the saine I will describe its construction in detail, re erence being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which* Figure 1 is a erspective of a coop iliade in accordance wit i my improvement showing the water tank therein. Fig. 2, a front elevation of the water supply tank. Fig. 3, a section at the line z-x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, a

section at the line y--y of Fi f. 2.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 'A represents the coop, which is preferably made rectangular in form and of open work so as to permit the free circulation of air therethrough, and this coop may have any suitable removable cover or opening for access thereto. Within the coop I secure near the top thereof the automatic water tank B.

rlhe water tank B may be made of any suitable. material such as sheet metal, and consists of two compartments l) and E se arated from each other by the partition there being a small opening G, at the bottom of the partition so as to permit the water to flow from the compartment D, into the commrtment E, as 'it is used by the fowls. ie compartment E, is partly closed in by outer inclined walls H, leaving the central V-shaped aperture to permit the access by the fowls to the water contained in this compartment, and thi` object of the walls is to prevent the water from being spilled when t ie coo is being handled as the water which may lie contained in the compartment E, will fiow to one end or the and bottom walls of semi-circular forni iii cross section, first for economy of material. and general appearance, and second to cause the water or whatever the contents` of the tank may be, when but a small quantity thereof remains in the tank, to seek the lowest level of the bottom at which point it will be in vertical alinement with the opening G.

By the use of my improvement fowls may be in transit from thirty-six to forty-eight hours, and by enlarging the tank time ma?,Y be extended seventy-two hours and more ii distance requires, without in any wise snflcr ing, as the water will be automatically sup plied for their use, and they cannot waste t ie water as the tank is at the top of the coop and the contents thereof cannot be spilled by any reasonable amount of jostling or tipping of the latter.

Havin 1 thus fully described mv invention, what I ciiiim as new and useful, is-

A water tank consisting of front and back parallel straight walls, end walls, and semicircular top and bottom walls, a partition cx.- tendin Y from the central points of the width of sait top and bottom and being disposed parallel with each of said front and back walls and of greater width than the latter, said partition being formed with u central elongated opening which terminates llush with the u )per face of said bottom wall, the front wall having a V-shaped cut-out portion therein which extends from points slightly above the top of said elongated opening to the front face of said partition.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. SALMOND.

Witnesses JAMES l1). CLARK, JonN G. Fono.

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